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Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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IPBES is to perform regular and timely assessments of knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services and their interlinkages at the global level. Also addressing an invitation by the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to prepare a global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services building, inter alia, on its own and other relevant regional, subregional and thematic assessments, as well as on national reports.

The overall scope of the assessment is to assess the status and trends with regard to biodiversity and ecosystem services, the impact of biodiversity and ecosystem services on human well-being and the effectiveness of responses, including the Strategic Plan and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets. It is anticipated that this deliverable will contribute to the process for the evaluation and renewal of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

The IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is composed of 1) a Summary for Policymakers (SPM), approved by the IPBES Plenary at its 7th session in May 2019 in Paris, France (IPBES-7); and 2) a set of six Chapters, accepted by the IPBES Plenary.


Suggested citation for the Summary for Policymakers: 

IPBES (2019): Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. S. Díaz, J. Settele, E. S. Brondízio, H. T. Ngo, M. Guèze, J. Agard, A. Arneth, P. Balvanera, K. A. Brauman, S. H. M. Butchart, K. M. A. Chan, L. A. Garibaldi, K. Ichii, J. Liu, S. M. Subramanian, G. F. Midgley, P. Miloslavich, Z. Molnár, D. Obura, A. Pfaff, S. Polasky, A. Purvis, J. Razzaque, B. Reyers, R. Roy Chowdhury, Y. J. Shin, I. J. Visseren-Hamakers, K. J. Willis, and C. N. Zayas (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 56 pages. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3553579 

Suggested citation for the full assessment report: 

IPBES (2019): Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. E. S. Brondizio, J. Settele, S. Díaz, and H. T. Ngo (editors). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 1148 pages. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831673

 


Summary for policymakers

Summary for policymakers - Global Assessment (laid Out)

Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Summary for policymakers - Global Assessment (laid out courtesy translation)

Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services (courtesy translation)

Summary for policymakers - Global Assessment (plain text)

Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Report

Global assessment report

Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (Laid out)
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Chapters

Chapter 1. Assessing a planet in transformation: Rationale and approach of the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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Chapter 2.1 Status and trends - Drivers of change

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Chapter 2.2 Status and trends - Nature

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Chapter 2.3 Status and trends - Nature's Contributions to People

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Chapter 3. Assessing progress towards meeting major international objectives related to nature and nature’s contributions to people

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Chapter 4. Plausible futures of nature, its contributions to people and their good quality of life

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Chapter 5. Pathways towards a Sustainable Future

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Chapter 6. Options for Decision Makers

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Supplementary material

SUP/GA/1

Chapter 1 Supplementary material
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SUP/GA/2.1

Chapter 2.1 Supplementary material (Drivers)
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SUP/GA/2.2

Chapter 2.2 Supplementary material (Nature)
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SUP/GA/2.3

Chapter 2.3 Supplementary material (NCP)
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SUP/GA/3

Chapter 3 Supplementary material
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SUP/GA/4

Chapter 4 Supplementary material
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SUP/GA/5

Chapter 5 Supplementary material
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SUP/GA/6

Chapter 6 Supplementary material
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Acronyms

Acronyms

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Glossary

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Bibliography

Global assessment report bibliography

Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (bibliography)
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